West Indies national cricket team’s fast bowler Justin Greaves has become the first bowler in recorded Test cricket history to bowl five consecutive maiden-wicket overs. In the opener of the ongoing series against Pakistan, at the Brian Lara Cricket Academy in Taruba, Greaves created history by surpassing the record held by former England fast bowler Stuart Broad.
Stuart Broad holds the record for completing four consecutive maiden-wicket overs against South Africa in Johannesburg in 2016. Surpassing that record, Justin Greaves returned with career-best figures of 5/27 from 11 overs.
Pakistan were in control before Justin Greaves started his magic
By the time West Indies reintroduced the seamers into the attack, the Pakistan national cricket team were in control and looked all set for a big lead in the first innings, with their former captain Shan Masood in the middle, who brought up his century.
Greaves started the unbeaten run by taking the wicket of Masood on the last ball of 64 runs.th Above. In his next over, the seamer removed Aamir Jamal down the track. 68 in the third deliveryth In the over, he forced Ali Usman to return for a duck before taking the wickets of Mohammad Rizwan and Mohammad Abbas in the 70s.th and 72Ra above, respectively.
64th over – 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, W
66th over- 0, W, 0, 0, 0, 0
68th over – 0, 0, W, 0, 0, 0
70th over – 0, 0, 0, W, 0, 0
72nd over – 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, W
Pakistan lost 6 wickets for just 38 runs
Before the sequence of wickets of Greaves started, Pakistan’s score was 244 runs for 4 wickets. From 244 for 4, the visiting team was bowled out for 282, and lost its remaining 6 wickets, five of which were taken by the bowler alone. Justin Greaves did not give a single run in that spell of five overs.
At the innings break, the record maker mentioned that he had achieved success only by following the advice of the captain, who advised Greaves to maintain disciplined bowling.
Justin Greaves said, “When I came in, captain Roston Chase just said ‘be disciplined in what you’re doing’ and see if I can take some wickets for the team.”
I’m really happy: Justin Greaves
This is his first five-wicket haul in Test cricket, and he is very happy to achieve this rare feat. He said that he got these wickets because the ball was moving well and the team showed a lot of trust in him.
“The ball went around, and I got some reward. Whenever I get the ball in my hands, the team looks at me as a strong player who will try to get us out of situations. To take a five-wicket haul for the first time in Test cricket, I am really happy, but there is still a lot of work to do in the game,” he said.
In the first innings, West Indies scored a total of 311 runs with the help of Shai Hope’s 92 and Kevem Hodge’s 84 runs. Pakistan gave the hosts a first innings lead of 29 runs after they lost all their batsmen for 282 runs in their first innings.
